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Ghislaine Maxwell is guilty, but the toxic fallout from Jeffrey Epstein’s life is far from over
The decisions handed down in a Manhattan courtroom could also herald the start of a new chapter in the #MeToo…
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COVID-19 exposes Australia’s stark health inequalities — and threatens to entrench them further
Generally, people enjoy a high standard of living and access to universal health care, and Australia consistently ranks well on…
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Think classical sculptures were all white marble?
Is there a link between racist ideology and the blinding whiteness of classical sculpture? Daniel Browning ABC News Did Leonardo…
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If I could go anywhere: Greek cake shops, the Athenian countryside and the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron
Plato was clearly talking about the Athens of his day, but, over 2,000 years later, he could have easily been…
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As a ceasefire takes hold in Gaza, Israelis and Palestinians remain two peoples haunted by their own history
These are the people formed by history — haunted by history, as Derrida would have seen it. Stan Grant ABC…
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What modern diplomacy really looks like – and why we should care
He’s followed through too. Antony Blinken, his Secretary of State, the US top diplomat, is making his mark. Geraldine Doogue…
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In a single day, millions of people could be saved from famine.
Some 34 million people around the world are a step away from famine, but just one day of global military…
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Housing affordability is a problem.
The idea that young Australians should be able to dip into their super to help buy their first home keeps…
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If Australia was more democratic, would its economic policies be better?
It comes from the ancient Greek word “ostraka,” which referred to shards of broken pottery or stone. Gareth Hutchens ABC…
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China’s Hong Kong crackdown was decades in the making
The Iron Lady has been proven right. Stan Grant ABC News Today, the Chinese Communist Party has a stranglehold on…
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Why does Donald Trump still seem to hold sway over the Republican party?
For US politics watchers, who on the weekend watched on as 43 Republican senators vote to acquit Trump of an…
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New aged care data on hospitalisation rates show significant problem areas in residential aged care
The report found 36.9% of nursing home residents presented to an emergency department at least once in 2018-19. Stephen Duckett…
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The US Capitol riots showed what a ‘bunch of entitled white people’ can do
These are the words of Democrat Congressman Ruben Gallego, who was evacuated from the US Capitol as a violent, angry…
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The sick politics at the heart of this week’s US crisis go deeper than Donald Trump
It’s part of a long deep unravelling of America. Stan Grant ABC News The angry mobs storming the Capitol building…
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Twenty years ago 9/11 changed everything for the West and now China’s rise and COVID-19 are part of the story
That was the chilling message Osama Bin Laden sent to the West when he “declared war” in 1996. Stan Grant…
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The departure of ‘Boris’s Brain’ signals new direction for Boris Johnson’s Government
It was a solemn Boris Johnson who became the first leader in Europe to mark more than 50,000 COVID-19 deaths…
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